It’s an award-winning book!
For those of you who can’t wait to read So Happy Together, click on this link to read the first few pages.
My first novel, So Happy Together, entered the world on April 20, 2021.
Gestation period: 30+ years.
You can purchase my book at your favorite local bookstore or favorite online retailer—where you can also purchase the ebook and audiobook.
Winner of the 2022 Firebird Book Award for Marriage Fiction; Third Place for New Fiction; Third Place for Relationship Fiction
Finalist in the 2022 American Writing Awards in the categories of Debut Fiction and Women’s Fiction
Here’s a round-up of my latest essays, guest blog posts, interviews and videos:
My Winter ’25 “Short-Short’ from InShort Journal : “Septuagenarian Sex in the Summer of our Discontent“
My recent submission to “50 Give or Take: Daily Stories of 50 Words or Less”
**a subscription to 50 Give or Take may be required to view this content: Jams and Jellies As the site’s name suggests, it’s a short one!
Another short piece of prose. This one is featured in Fauxmoir, a literary magazine celebrating first person narratives.
So gratified to talk with Kathryn Zox about my book; aging issues; and the joys of being an older author. Have a listen to the show
This was written as a love letter/Father’s Day gift for my husband. I’m glad Motherwell liked it, too! How my husband won over my grandkids with macaroni and cheese
I have been reading Sari Botton’s wildly popular Oldster Magazine (not just for oldsters) since she started it almost two years ago, and I am thrilled to be published there: A is for Anosmia
After submitting this personal essay to eleven different publications, it finally found the right home. A love letter to our marriage therapist
https://leslielindsay.com/2021/05/05/so-happy-together/
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2021/04/deborah_k_sheph.html
http://blog.jill-elizabeth.com/2021/04/16/excerpt-so-happy-together-by-deborah-k-shepherd/
http://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2021/04/q-with-deborah-k-shepherd.html
http://booksbywomen.org/why-did-you-write-that-scene-by-deborah-k-shepherd/
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2021/02/friday-speak-out-long-haul.html
Memory, Truth and Politics
On September 18, 2018, my letter to the editor was published in The New York Times. Here’s the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/opinion/letters/kavanaugh-memory.html